Nick the Rat Radio

Nick the Rat

A paranoid cartoon rat that plays music on a paranormal podcast. Also takes calls! 1-917-719-5923

  1. Aug 12

    Witch Please

    Episode 552 Welcome back to the sewer, everybody. Tonight Nick goes full conspiracy theorist with a spicy (and completely unhinged) theory: the Salem witch trials never happened the way you think — they were staged BY witches to protect themselves, and they've been quietly running society ever since. Nick breaks down over 20 "pieces of evidence" ranging from sex toys to skincare routines to the women's bathroom line, takes live calls from actual self-proclaimed witches, and somehow ends up talking about pee. Plus: movie reviews (Obsession vs. The Backrooms, Spider-Man Noir), Quake and Killer Frequency talk, a Brad Pitt sobriety update, a Wordle fail, back pain and pillow surgery, and a mailbag stuffed with $2 bills courtesy of author M. Andrew Jones. As always, this is a value-for-value show — if you got something out of it, toss a few bucks or a weird piece of mail our way. New episodes of Nick the Rat Radio drop weekly under the Dark Sewer Network banner. Grab a beer, don't summon anything, and enjoy. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #Podcast #ComedyPodcast #WitchesAreReal #ConspiracyTheory #ValueForValue #IndiePodcast #FunnyPodcast #LateNightRadio #PodcastClips #RatRadio #WitchTrials #NoAgenda #WeirdInternet #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 08/12/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

    Witch Please
  2. Aug 5

    Sewer Fungus

    Episode 551 Nick the Rat Radio gets weird fast — Nick recaps meeting Lavish from Behind the Schemes IRL (and scoring a coveted Casio GBX-100), then spirals through a grab bag of chaos: Einstein's double-cousin wife, a fake(?) Perez Hilton meltdown, a tragic NYC e-bike death nobody's explaining properly, and an AI job interview where Nick trash-talks his old boss to a robot. Add in Hank Green's AI research controversy, Eli Roth's AI-assisted flop, and a rescue-dog-turned-meat-market story out of China, and things only get stranger from there. Then the show goes full body-horror: drug-resistant Candida auris, face-dwelling Demodex mites with no anus, flock camera laser hacks, and a truly unhinged caller segment about K9 steak sauce and pubic hair salons. Nick closes out with NYC's new government grocery stores, the Kalshi gambling lawsuit, RFK's $5 seafood cooking show, and a brewery that lost its liquor license over a "free beer if Trump dies" promo. It's a laidback news night that somehow ends up being the grossest episode in show history — value-for-value, no filter, straight from the sewer. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #Podcast #ConspiracyPodcast #WeirdNews #PodcastClips #AInews #CandidaAuris #NYCnews #TwitchPodcast #ValueForValue #SewerRat #StrangeButTrue #LateNightPodcast #NoAgendaTribute #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 08/05/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

    Sewer Fungus
  3. Jul 22

    RIP John C. Dvorak

    Episode 549 This week's episode of Nick the Rat Radio opens heavy — a rough week of sickness, a dead microphone, and the loss of podcasting legend John C. Dvorak. Nick shares tributes from Adam Curry and Chris Wilson, takes emotional calls from longtime listeners, and reflects on 20+ years of No Agenda before eventually finding his way back to the chaos: Nvidia's origin story with Sega, NASA's canceled moon lander, and a very deep dive into eggs, Monte Cristos, and Lightning Network nodes with a caller. Then the sewer really opens up — the cyclospora "shittening" tearing through Taco Bell and Taylor Farms, a fresh Dark Sewer Network News dispatch from Jane Hanoi (demonic sewer alligators, plumbing poltergeists, and the Rat King's rat uprising), reckless geoengineering experiments dumping chemicals into the ocean and sky, a bison-tossing grandpa, the JD Vance corn dog discourse, and the ongoing Charlie Kirk statue drama in Times Square. A wild, emotional, all-over-the-place episode — as always, straight from the sewer. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #JohnCDvorak #NoAgenda #Podcast #ValueForValue #Paranormal #ConspiracyTheory #SewerRats #TalkRadio #Underground #Brooklyn #WeirdNews #TacoBell #Geoengineering #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/22/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

    RIP John C. Dvorak
  4. Jul 15

    Final Fluidity

    Episode 548 Nick the Rat is back, rambling through a chaotic Wednesday night filled with Magic: The Gathering gripes (including that disappointing Star Trek set), second-degree burn updates from an overzealous solo session, and passionate pitches for “dick lotion.” He reviews board game hauls like Talisman and Sons of Anarchy, roasts Christopher Nolan and live-action remakes, then dives into the real weirdness happening in New York: exploding cyclospora parasites in the lettuce and Legionnaires’ bacteria in the AC. The main event is a deep, fascinating talk on terminal lucidity — those eerie moments when people with advanced dementia, strokes, or comas suddenly become fully aware and themselves right before death. Nick explores real cases, scientific theories, gamma wave brain surges, and what it might mean for consciousness, the soul, and that final “last rally.” Packed with gas blasts, Mystery Man’s terrifying Bigfoot terminal-lucidity horror story, Jane Hanoi’s horny paranormal news, voicemails, and late-night tangents, this one’s equal parts hilarious, gross, and genuinely thought-provoking. #TerminalLucidity #NickTheRatRadio #DyingClarity #FinalRally #MagicTheGathering #StarTrekCards #NYCParasites #LegionnairesDisease #DickLotion #BoardGames #MysteryMan #JaneHanoi #SewerRats #LastWords #Consciousness #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/16/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

    Final Fluidity
  5. Jul 8

    Popcorn Panopticon

    Episode 547 Nick the Rat crawls up from the Brooklyn sewers with a grab-bag of end-times energy — mourning the collapse of his favorite podcast, ranting about the video game industry's layoff apocalypse, and reviewing (poorly) a $22 pack of pens from Staples. Things take a darker turn when he dives into the creeping rollout of biometric logins, facial-scan authentication, and data-sharing agreements between government agencies and private contractors — plus a real NYC office-to-apartment conversion that literally started buckling mid-build. Naturally, there's also a tangent on the best way to pop popcorn. The back half brings the full Dark Sewer Network crew: Bigfoot Assault delivers a gruesome cryptid-vs-alien-hybrid showdown in the Pacific Northwest, Zindu rants about fast food and IBS from his usual filthy corner of the galaxy, and Jane Hanoi covers a haunted ISS, a cursed earthquake artifact, and aliens roasting a Spielberg movie. Along the way: AI actress Tilly Norwood gets torched, a caller debates whether the podcast breakup is fake, and Nick signs up for a real NASA isolation study because why not. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #ConspiracyPodcast #ParanormalPodcast #Bigfoot #UndergroundRadio #AIsurveillance #Biometrics #LoFiRadio #BrooklynPodcast #BigfootAssault #ValueForValue #WeirdInternet #PodcastLife #CryptidContent #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/08/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

    Popcorn Panopticon
  6. Jul 1

    Syphilis Sewer Secrets

    Episode 546 Nick the Rat is back with a second-degree burn on his paw, a burnt-out voice, and zero filter as he dives into a wild grab bag of underground news. This episode kicks off with a chaotic urgent care story, then spirals into the shocking real history of the 1940s US-government-funded Guatemala syphilis experiments — complete with a "leaked" AI-generated Obama apology call that has to be heard to be believed. From there it's a full descent into the sewer: Sony killing off physical discs, RAM companies getting sued for price fixing, mutant poison-resistant mice invading the Northeast, a synthetic biologist claiming she's built self-replicating lab life, and a deranged AI spiritual guide explaining the "real" reason CERN shut down. Plus, catch an all-new Bigfoot Assault segment following a doctor's bloody encounter in the Olympic National Forest, a Dark Sewer News Network report from Jane Hanoi covering haunted Roombas and ghost pétanque balls, and Xindu returning with an unhinged rant about why pets are disgusting. Grab your Ching Wan Hung cream, settle in, and stay moist — it's another unforgettable night on Nick the Rat Radio. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #ConspiracyPodcast #Paranormal #BigfootAssault #JaneHanoi #Cryptid #UndergroundRadio #WeirdNews #TrueConspiracy #GuatemalaExperiments #CERNConspiracy #AIConspiracy #LateNightRadio #SewerRat #FringeMedia #ValueForValue #ITM #BrooklynPodcast #ParanoidNormal #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/01/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

    Syphilis Sewer Secrets
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